Toonz Media Group is launching a characteristic movie division, with long-time business vet Ariel Veneziano tagged to steer the department.
Right here’s what we all know concerning the firm’s new endeavor:
- Toonz has named Ariel Veneziano as the primary president of the Toonz characteristic division. Veneziano beforehand served as president of Icon Leisure Worldwide, director of gross sales and distribution at Alliance Atlantis Communication, and president of Gold Valley Movies Worldwide.
- Toonz’ characteristic division is presently in manufacturing on Little Emma, a co-production with China’s Gold Valley Leisure. Directed by Isabella Blanco, the family-friendly journey movie follows a miniature human lady adopted by animal dad and mom who yearns to study the reality about her human roots.
- The corporate can be co-producing the animated characteristic The Canterville Ghost, tailored from Oscar Wilde’s traditional brief story, with Robert Chandler’s House Age Movies and L.A.-based Align Photos. The characteristic will likely be distributed globally by Cinema Administration Group (CMG).
- Launched in India in 1999, Toonz Media has grown into a worldwide energy over the previous quarter-century. It now owns 10 subsidiaries, employs greater than 3,000 staff, and has 11 places of work in eight nations.
- P Jayakumar, CEO of Toonz Media Group, mentioned in a launch: “Having firmly established Toonz because the worldwide chief in animation and child’s leisure, I really feel that is the precise time to launch the characteristic movie division headed by a dynamic chief.”
- Veneziano added: “Toonz is a extremely recognizable model within the youngsters and household area, having established relationships with distinctive creators of content material. I look ahead to serving to the group capitalize on the numerous alternatives within the characteristic movie world, with an preliminary concentrate on high-end animated motion pictures for the theatrical market.”
